Assegai

Another example, the Zulu warriors that fought the British over in Africa used the assegai, which is really just a fancy spear and couldn't make any Spartan jaws drop in awe, maybe in laughter or curiosity, but certainly not in awe. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bushman (who does not desire to kill them!) and the slender "assegai" of the Bechuana, the lion has little or no fear of man. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

An hour later, when the little army filed out of the village and headed eastward toward the mountain, each warrior, at Ki-Gor's, suggestion, carried a long, throwing spear, in addition to the short stabbing assegai. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was the wide, shovel-shaped blade of a Bantu assegai. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ki-Gor landed lightly on his feet and instantly struck with the assegai blade in his right hand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fighting was so close now, that Robert could no longer use his rifle, so he, too, waded in to the combat, the Luger spitting in his left hand, an assegai lifting and dipping in his right. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I came dizzily to my feet, to stare at the empty ravine, with a great black cloud billowing in the air above it, a few shreds of rope and timber dangling from the far lip, and on this side, lying in the dust, a single assegai. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At the head of the party, Ki-Gor picked his way cautiously, an assegai held ready in his right hand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was a small, flimsy assegai the Pygmies had given him, and it was all but useless in the important business of hunting game. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Suddenly Ki-Gor was beside him, hacking and stabbing with the assegai. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Into their midst, Ki-Gor stepped, an assegai in each hand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ki-Gor wore a long knife in a scabbard strapped around his waist, and in each hand he carried a broad-bladed M'balla assegai. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Silently, he offered the butt end of his assegai for Robert to hold, and the oddly assorted pair moved slowly down the path. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The jungle man gripped the blade of the assegai, vengefully, and hastened on. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sergeant, in the act of climbing over the tailboard, let out a hell of a shriek; I glimpsed his face, red and staring, and his arm flung out to point, and then his eyes stared horribly, and he slumped down into the dust, with a throwing assegai between his shoulders, his limbs thrashing wildly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ki-Gor reached down, shook Helene's shoulder roughly, and seized the blade of the assegai. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He squatted on his haunches beside her, and tried to keep himself awake by whittling a handle for the assegai blade. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His spine prickling, Ki-Gor stepped back a pace and shifted his grip on the assegai blade. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ki-Gor did not answer for a moment, but stood fingering his assegai, and watching the gorilla-men. ❋ Unknown (2010)